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Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing it across the X-Men film franchise and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (2000) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Prominent on both screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2019.
Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the…
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Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing it across the X-Men film franchise and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (2000) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Prominent on both screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2019. Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the action-horror Van Helsing (2004), the drama The Prestige (2006), the period romance Australia (2008), the science fiction Real Steel (2011), the musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime drama Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and for The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Jackman received a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away, Happy Feet (both 2006), Rise of the Guardians (2012) and Missing Link (2019). Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in the original Australian productions of Beauty and the Beast as Gaston in 1995 and Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis in 1996. He earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his performance as Curly McLain in the West End revival of Oklahoma! in 1998. In 2002, he made his American stage debut in a concert of Carousel as Billy Bigelow at Carnegie Hall. On Broadway, he won the 2004 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. From 2021 to 2023, Jackman starred as con man Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of the musical The Music Man, earning another Tony Award nomination. A four-time host of the Tony Awards, he won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2005 ceremony. He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Jackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hugh Jackman's Filmography
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Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
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O Incrível Mundo do DVD Pirata Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
THE SONGS OF JOHN FARNHAM: A LIVING LEGEND – THE CELEBRATION CONCERT
as Self
Mighty Mary
as Narrator (voice)
The Death of Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
The Sheep Detectives
as George Hardy
Song Sung Blue
as Mike Sardina
C.E.O
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
as Narrator (voice)
The Great Entertainer
as Self
Conquering Skin Cancer
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
as Self - Logan / Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Logan / Wolverine
The Son
as Peter
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
as (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
as Self (archive footage)
Reminiscence
as Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
Free Guy
as Masked Player in Alley (voice)
On Broadway
as Self
Bad Education
as Frank Tassone
Missing Link
as Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
The Front Runner
as Gary Hart
Deadpool 2
as Logan / Wolverine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
as The Prime Minister
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
The Greatest Showman
as P. T. Barnum
Making 'Logan'
as Self
Logan
as Logan / X-24
X-Men: Apocalypse
as Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
Eddie the Eagle
as Bronson Peary
Molly: The Real Thing
as Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
as Self
Pan
as Blackbeard
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
as Self
Dukale's Dream
as Self
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
as Hugh Jackman (voice)
Chappie
as Vincent Moore
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
as Self
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
as Self
That Sugar Film
as Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Logan / Wolverine
Six by Sondheim
as Curly (archive footage)
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as Self
Prisoners
as Keller Dover
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
as Self
The Wolverine
as Logan / Wolverine
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
as Self
Movie 43
as Davis (segment "The Catch")
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
Rise of the Guardians
as Bunny (voice)
Show Me the Magic
as Self
Butter
as Boyd Bolton
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
WWE Survivor Series 2011
as Hugh Jackman
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
as Self
Real Steel
as Charlie Kenton
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
as Arthur
X-Men: First Class
as Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
Seeds of Hope
as Self
Oh My God
as Self
Weapon X Mutant Files
as Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
as Self
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The Thrill of the Chase: The Helicopter Sequence
as Self
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
as Logan / Wolverine
Australia
as The Drover
The Burning Season
as Narrator (voice)
Deception
as Wyatt Bose
Uncle Jonny
as Uncle Russell
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
as Himself
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
as Self
The Fountain
as Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
Happy Feet
as Memphis (voice)
Flushed Away
as Roddy (voice)
The Prestige
as Robert Angier
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X3: The Excitement Continues
as Self
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
as Self
Scoop
as Peter Lyman
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Logan / Wolverine
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
as Self
Stories of Lost Souls
as Roger
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Self
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
as Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
Van Helsing
as Van Helsing
Standing Room Only
as Roger
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
as Self
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
as Self
X2
as Logan / Wolverine
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
as Self
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
Kate & Leopold
as Leopold
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Wolverine (archive footage)
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HBO First Look: Swordfish
Swordfish
as Stanley
Someone Like You...
as Eddie Alden
X-Men
as Logan / Wolverine
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
as Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine'
Oklahoma!
as Curly McLain
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The Making of 'Oklahoma!'
as Self
Erskineville Kings
as Wace
Paperback Hero
as Jack Willis
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
Profile of a Serial Killer
as Eric Ringer
Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams
as Joe Gillis
The Rat Tamer
as Kevin Jones
Larrikins
as Red the Kangaroo (voice)
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